Mimico GO Station

Mimico GO Station
Station statistics
Address	315 Royal York Road Toronto, Ontario
Coordinates	43°36′59″N 79°29′50″W / 43.61639°N 79.49722°W / 43.61639; -79.49722Coordinates: 43°36′59″N 79°29′50″W / 43.61639°N 79.49722°W / 43.61639; -79.49722
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	Station building
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Parking	173 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Code	GO Transit: MMGO
Fare zone	03
Presto card	Yes
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station Long Branch toward Hamilton Lakeshore West Exhibition toward Union Station

Mimico GO Station is a train station in the GO Transit network located in the Mimico neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario in Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore West line train service.

Local transit service

The Toronto Transit Commission's 76 Royal York South bus route operates along Royal York Road close to the station, linking it to Royal York subway station in the north and the 501 Queen streetcar route to the south.

Old station

It was the building of the first railway in Ontario in the 1850s between Hamilton and Toronto through what would become the Town of Mimico that led to the first plan for a town at this location. A Mimico Station was built on the north side of the tracks just south of Mimico's Christ Church (the first church in Etobicoke) on the east side of Church St (Royal York) at the end of Windsor Street^[1]. This development meant the name Mimico became more associated with the area where the railway crossed the Mimico Creek to its station on Church St (Royal York) rather than the former Mimico at the Mimico Creek and the early Highway; Dundas. Nevertheless the 1856 subdivision plan for Mimico largely failed and is was after the more successful 1890 plan for a Town at Mimico the 'old' Mimico Railway Station building, constructed by the Grand Trunk Railway was built in 1916 as well as the Windsor Hotel (Blue Goose Tavern). With the creation of the Government of Ontario's regional train GO service a new station was constructed on the site of the original 1856 Mimico Station, north of the tracks on the east side of Royal York just south of Christ Church. The 1916 Mimico Station deteriorated and was close to demolition when it was saved by community volunteers and moved to a new permanent location in Coronation Park at the northwest corner of Judson St and Royal York Rd in 2007^[2]. The building is now being restored with the intention that it should become a local museum.

References

1. ^ Currell, Harvey (1967). "The Mimico Story", Corporation of the Town of Mimico, Mimico, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pg 42
2. ^ Mimico Station Community Organization

External links

Media related to Mimico GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

• GO Transit station page for Mimico GO Station